The word hametz shares the root letters of l’hahmitz – to miss.. Parashat BO

by Yehuda HaKohen .”You shall safeguard the matzot, for on this very day I will have taken your legions out of the land of Egypt; you shall observe this day for your generations as an eternal decree.

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$800 Israeli film appears at Sundance

By Viva Sarah Press:  An award-winning Israeli student film made with a budget of just $800 has been chosen to appear at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Breakdown of the Rule of Law – Israel

by Sheldon Schreter. Sheldon is an Israeli-Canadian that  made a commitment  to live in Israel almost 36 years ago. Shelly’s  love for Israel is demonstrated in his active participation in daily life and his ability to articulate these concerns as a journalist.

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Artificially Created States – Myths and Facts

                    by Eli E. Hertz. “In Palestine as of right and not on sufferance…”

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Arabs And Jews Explore Shared Heritage – Digging Up Abraham’s Roots

     By Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Could this biblical phrase, which was written in the Middle East nearly 2,500 years ago, be any more appropriate for the region today?

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Revolution in Jewish Life Called Limmud

Limmud Life: Events like the recent Limmud New York getaway are taking up space in the Jewish world that synagogues once exclusively occupied. By David Hazony In a Jewish religious landscape dominated by denominations struggling to compete for dollars and daveners, the idea that the three big faith streams might fade into irrelevance, supplanted by a robust “just Jewish” identity, sounds like a fantasy.

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